Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination
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Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination
Communications regulators over the next decade will spend increasing time on conflicts between the interests of broadband providers and the public’s interest in competitive innovation environment on the internet. As the policy questions this conflict raises are basic to communications policy, they are likely to appear in many different forms. So far, the first major appearance has come in the “...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.388863